“Which came first — the observer or the particle?”
Vanna Bonta book Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
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Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995)
“I said, "…it is quantum fiction." The first line of the story is "Which came first, the observer or the particle?"”
and it goes from there.
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
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Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
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Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
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